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Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven is just a two-block street in a small New England city — but like many things in New Haven and New England the provenance and personalities it reflects are as fascinating as its exquisite aesthetics. In a swing throughNew Haven in 1868, Charles Dickens is said to have called Hillhouse "The most beautiful street in America" and the same sentiment – and words – were attributed to Mark Twain later in the century. Here's the good news. Dickens and Twain are still right. Hillhouse has been a home to two recent U.S. Presidents, many presidents of Yale, a few of its secret societies and occasionally Jodie Foster. Its unchanging,...

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Hillhouse Avenue in New Haven is just a two-block street in a small New England city — but like many things in New Haven and New England the provenance and personalities it reflects are as fascinating as its exquisite aesthetics.
In a swing throughNew...

I have been aboard the sailing ship Amistad several times recently here in Puerto Rico and she looked better than she has in years — despite the recent controversy surrounding her not being in Connecticut waters after receiving millions in state payments....

James Forman stepped into The Riverside Church in Harlem clutching a cane in one hand and a copy of his "Black Manifesto" in the other. It was May 4, 1969, and the mostly white congregation - 1,500 voices strong - was singing the Sunday...

After winning control of the Senate and boosting their numbers in the House last fall, Republicans devised a moniker for their dual majorities that could pass for a new C-SPAN reality show: "America's New Congress."
Branding is one thing, but...

Islamic State militants fighting in Iraq and Syria released a video on Saturday that purported to show the beheading of British aid worker David Haines.
Reuters could not immediately verify the footage. But the images were consistent with that of the...

Former President George W. Bush unveiled some of his paintings of world leaders -- including a portrait of himself -- in an interview Friday on NBC's "Today" show conducted by his daughter, Jenna Bush Hager.
The paintings will be part of the...

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Amanda Knox, the American student who was cleared of murder charges in October after spending four years in an Italian jail, is looking for a book deal. Knox has hired prominent Washington attorney Robert Barnett to take her story to publishers, the...

Christopher Hitchens, the engaging and enraging British-American author and essayist whose polemical writings on religion, politics, war and other provocations established him as one of his generation's most robust public intellectuals, has died. He was...

Putting his political prestige on the line, President Obama has decided to fly to Denmark this week to appeal to the International Olympic Committee to choose Chicago, his adopted hometown, as host of the 2016 Games.
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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- Three of the four Britons identified as the London bombers visited Pakistan this year, two traveling together, Pakistani officials confirmed yesterday. Investigators are trying to find out whether their trips were connected with...

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